SPORTS AND PASTIMES.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 10886, 29 September 1913, Page 1

SPORTS AND PASTIMES.

NEWS FROM -EVERYWHERE. FOOTBALL. 0. Brawn, the New Zealand halfback in the_ second and third teat, matches against.. Australia, has been awarded tlic gold modal for the hast all-round player in the Tukapa (Now Plymouth) Senior team this'year. A Wellington writer "states that there is no gamer half than Brown, and nob many better. Tho record for having played the greatest number of representative games for Wairarapa is held by Dan" Udy," of Greytown, who, in his day, was a New Zealand representative. TJdy, who now resides in Otago, has >. played fifty-nine times for Wairarapa, the period of his active service in the field as a representative being from 1891 to 1904. Ho is closely followed by '"'Bert" M'Kenzie, of Carterton (a member of this'year's touring team), who has from 1902 up till this season played forty-six representative games. > . Players, will regret to learn that JV Tamu, the big Tanmaki forward,' is suffering from appendicitis. Tamu has boon far from well all through the season, and has been constantly under the doctor's care. Latterly it was thought he was troubled only with acute . indigestion, but news from Manaia confirms th« statement that the trouble is appendicitis. This was the reason of his not taking part in the second test match at Dunedin against the Australian team. He will have to submit- to ,an operation, costing between £SO and £6O, " and the! suggestion lias been made in Taranaki that tho money -might well be raised' for him. Enthusiasts are taking tho matter up, and with this end in view: are endeavouring to arrange a veterans' match Stratford at an early date. ■. It seems that there can event be two souls in such an everyday thing, as football; isa.ys the "Dominion," and those who watched the big League' game at Nowtown "Park on September 20 saw this. There' was, on the oho hand, the dash of Australia; on the other there was pooiv lumbering New Zealand. Tho conflict between two such disparities naturally produced a one-sided termination, and some 6foo or 7000 Now Zealanders looked on at it .with feelings which were possibly* as mixed as the game/ On the one hand was the. undeniable pace of tho play, which was pleasurable; on the other hand, thero was the feeling, which steadily grew to certainty,: that New Zealand was. being walked oxer, and that the .Blues total at the last would be a cricket score: ;This featuro of the game was less pleasant, to the crowds on the ibanks—it was received with sturdy silence. y The final, score was 58 points to 19 in favour of the Blues. < 1 ,.-- v : '' /-,,;:' CRICKET. Early in August a, W. H. Denton made the highest score in liis career Northamptonshire against Essex. Going in .first lie carried. his bat through i the innings for 230 out of a;total of, 476] Essex were disposed' of for 148 and 189, F. L. Fane making 105' inithe second inings. • Thompson- secured five •wickets for; 90 runs, .and 'three for 22, and Wells one; for 21 - and' six. for 63. .., Thero is trouble "in .'the -.cricket camp at Montreal. The,. c has, it" seems* Touiiit "posts for two-of the Australian players i (says ■ '• Cricket.' I )—probably ■ Emery. and Mailey—and a number of local cricketers, considering this a violation of amateur principles, mean to drop-out of the Montreal Cricket Association, which is largely controlled by the M.A.A.A., and'to form a new Union of their own. ■■■ In a recent county match Hay ward made a stroke for which he obtained nine runs, four .of'.which resulted from an overthrow. •: ■ -• Percy Jeeves, a young Warwickshire player, obtained seven wickets for 34 runs against Worcstershire in August, sending down fourteen overs, five of which were maidens. This is his first season in county cricket, and he is considered one of ;tlie fastest bowlers in England. " ' ■-■ ' i Notts' registered a huge total against Leicestershire last month, declaring their first innings when three wickets were down for 507, Lee contributing 200 not out" and Carr 169. Leicestershire could only'make 143 and 238. Lee is twenty-six years of age and Carr is not yet twenty. Barnes put up a fine bowling performance for Staffordshire against Norfolk, when he took nine wickets for 31. had 21 runs knocked off him before ho took a wicket, but subsequently- captured nine for 10, securing the last five for no runs. ATHLETIC. On September 20 the Wellington Club hold its annual championship run, tho distance being five miles.' Ton competitors started, and tho-result was as follows:' W. Press 1, R.'Eaglo 2, W. Donaldson 3, W. Bennett 4. Time: 33min Bsec. ' The sealed handicap, run in .conjunction with the championship, resulted in Pi. Eagle (18sec) being placed first-, W- Press (osec) second, and W. Donaldson (scr) third. Matters are very quiet locally regarding the proposed visit of. the American team of athletesj hut the following'letter from 'Auckland, published in the " Dominion," . indicates that- preparations aro being made in the North to endeavour to extent the visitors:— " Neville Hill is coming out again for tho Americans. He has already had one or' two runs.' Dormer ' is going splendid, in fact Mr Mulvihill (secretary of the centre, and a. ; good sprinter himself), tells' me that he could just about win the local 100 yards championship, and" would be a ! cert' for the 220 yards. The centre .is taking the American visit very seriously, and although it has handed tho meeting j over to the Exhibition people, it is sparing no effort to get the men here fit and well. It is submitting a scheme to the Exhibition people, proposing that a team of half a dozen of the best local men be picked out and put under ' Lockie' M'Lauchlan's care for the next two months or so, and Mulvihill considers that there is an excellent chance of the executive agreeing to this and finding ( Lockie's' salary for the job." Here is a lead for the local centre, which should be up and doing something to get our own crocks into training at an early date. The news that Hill is coming out again, and that Dormer has developed exceptional sprinting powers is indeed welcome. When Jean Bouin returned to Paris it was possible to secure somo particulars of his successful attack on the hour record at Stockholm, says an English exchange. It apears that the weather in the Swedish capital had been so bad. rain falling incessantly, that Bouiu and hi. - ? trainer, Harold Evelyn, were on the point of returning to France when matters improved, and it was decided to run on July 6. Twenty runners of the second class plus Ahigren (the winner of the Polytechnic Marathon .Race) and Stenross started along with Bouin. The last-named went away at a rare pace, and at the end of the seventh kilometre he had lapped Ahigren and Stenross, and a- second time this wasdone at tho tenth kilometre. At the fifteenth kilometre he was a whole kilometre' ahead of his' nearest track-mate, Ahigren, and then the smashing of the record was certain. _At the end. of thoj hour Bouin was 1425 metres ahead of I

Ahigren, and tho old figures had goneAll tho people went crazy with delight. Thero was only one who showed sang frcid. Ho was Joan Bouin. From tho moment in which his great spirit had been stopped by tho pistol signifying tho end of tho hour ho hud shown not the slightest fatiguo, and whilo thp officials wore nicely calculating tho measurements ho himself was estimating with giant stridos tho result of his beating of tho 11^_ mi|es. When it was known that 19 kilometres had been beaten thero was a further manifestation of approval- Bouin was givon a superb prize, but as Evelyn said: "I do not know which souvenir Bouin will most cherish of that triumphal journey, but 1 will always bo pleased to say, ' 1 was thero, and I played my littlo rolo in the affair.'" Alfred Shrubb, tho world's greatest distance runnor, and holder of the record of SOmin 40 3-ssec for ten milos, is retiring from, athlotics. Shrubb has been away from England for six years, but ho is returning tor Christmas/ Tho English runner deniod recently ,that athlotics wero declining, _ and said they never showed bettor promise. ■ Asked whether America would continue to triumph at the Olympic Games, Shrubb replied, "Certainly.. The explanation is that Undo Sam knows how-to treat athletes, which is, something England and other European nations have not grasped. Athletics is a business in the States. More or less every boy gets a chanco. ' When a boy who. has leanings to become an athlete and shows:proper stuff is discovered, Uncle Sam gets him to work right away, with the result that in duo time h© is crowned a cham-. pion, and asked to go abroad and whip tho best they, have at home." Shrubb went on to 6ay that England has an abundance, of athletic material, hut John Bull lacks American method, in tile treatment: of competitors. Until the pow.ers that bo on your side study American tactics, ho considers it will:be many years before America, is ever, threatened with defeat "at the famous Greek revivals. > I ■ Lieutenant H. J. I. Walker, of Auckland. who last season played for the Blackheath Club, has been- gaining further laurels on the athletio field. At the Army Athletic- mooting., held at Queen's Avenuo, Aldorshot, recently,,he won the 100 yds officers'' championship in 16 4-sseo, and ran third in ithe lOOvds open championship. Prior to this meeting the King's College old boy won two races at the Sliorncliff Camp meeting. - The stir being made in Australia with a view to finding amateur pedestrians capable 'of - representing the ooloniesi at Borlin in 1916 is already hearing fruit. | The entries for an Eight-Hour DemonI stration sports meeting in Sydney inI elude about- sixty competitors for a t 100 yds handicap, and seventy entrants t:> race over one mile, loss handicap distances. ■ ! / ' . _ . - Recently amateurism m Southland lost one who has done .much for the spoTt hero (says a Southland writer), and ono who was greatly responsible m placing the nam© of Southland on the shield on that memorable day in February, 1912. when Wellington, Canterbury, Auckland and Otago went under before tho prowess of our reprosentativtw. ' I refer to Mr. James Gow, who has loft Otautau/for Blenheim, where I liavo no doubt he will 'oo of equal assistance' in establishing tho sport in ,thff capital;;cf.Marlbol'ongh; where a club ,v»'a3- quit.) rcce&fcljr formed, --as ho was by' his enthusiasm, -methods and knowledge, in awakening interest down hern: Although only a little over, two years in Southland, Mr Gow served two terms'-fts president of. tho Centro.. In ■1912" the Now Zealand championships wero- guided .to.a: successful.issue at Rugby Park under his' guidance, and the shield was won by the team he organised in this province. Last, season tho first real representative team of amateur athletes fo leave our. province were present, with Mi"Gow as manager, at tho New Zealand championship, meeting at Wellington, and although <uot successful in retaining the shield, much knowledge was gained by our representatives which should be of servico at futuro: championships. - Now Mr Gow has left, and Southland' is • the poorer by. tho loss of a real sportsman, ono \vhp„was an amateur heart and. soul. •Tt is pretty- certain that Gerald Kcd'dell will race again oh is season, gsI pecially as it ds practically decided that one of the prominent, members of the American team .will be Beer,on, the [crack hurdler, with Kelly, of U.S.A. ! A tragedy of a peculiar .nature occurred on August 9, at the Glenluco (Wigtownshire) Hishland Games, which i resulted in the death of Mr W. H. Ralston, of Dunragitj one of the judges of the meeting. A competitor in tho | hammor-throwing took a . preliminary I .throw, and Mr Ralston, who was api pnrontly unaware that the throw had taken place, on heaving crir-s to get out of the way,-turned in tho direction the hammer was coming. The. hammer, .which was 161b, struck Mr Ralston in' the chest to the right, knocking him down and rendering him unconscious. ■Though a medical.man was it hand, Mr Ralston expired shortly after, not having regained consciousness. Tho games wero at . once abandoned. J , , . The, English A.A.A. has refused permission to W. R ; Applegar'tli, of the Polytechnic Harriers, London, to accept an invitation to compete in America.' Asked for the reason of refusal, it was stated that, the .'■.ub-ctimmitteo "of the A.A.A. do not give reasons for any action they feel disposed to take. The matter :s placed before them, and given every 'consideration, and, as in the- present instance, when permission is refused for an athlete to undertake a particular trip, no reflection whatevor is intended to he cast on the repiitation of" the man or tho club or - organisation which extended the invitation. In some comnients on the mile walking, record claimed for G. Ciunmings at the recent Manchester " Sporting .Chronicle" meeting, Mr C. Otway in "The Sporting Lif e" (London) writes:—"With regard to tho walking record, one can only express wonder ;; not being present, I can express no opinion on the subject. Before me now lie two letters, ono insisting that it was a magnificent walk, tho other that it was not a walk at all. There has always been this difference of opinion on walking:, and I suppose always will .be. In justice to Cummings, I must say that I believe he would always have passed muster under the definition of the only authorities who do" Lay down an absolute rule —the Australasian A.A.U. That he did not pass muster before officials who did not act oh the principles of the Australian definition is only because there aro many judges to' whom the straight leg theory is anathema. In these cases we must let the authorities decide, and if those in charge at Manchester wore' satisfied, I do not think there is any need for the amateur to complain." The above is most remarkable (says a writer in the "Referee"), and for this reason. The Australasian rules governing walking not- only define heel and toe progression,'-but for a. "style." When strictly enforced, they undoubtedly slow down the time, whereas the writer of the above m tide appears to think, or to contend, that only under-our rules could Cummings's time have bedn done, although lie dr.es not actually say so. The straightening of the leg as the heel of the foremost foot touches the ground, no matter

whother it bo anathema to many English authorities or not, has no bearing on the case, although it is certain, and there' is nothing more certain in life, that, more lifting is done by tho bent-knee artist than ho of the'straight leg, and this despito that I am well awaro of what is meant by "heel running" with a straight leg. The man who lifts most ia generally the one who oomes down flat-footed--witli a. bent leneo and "jumps" from the ball of tho foot. I do know this, viz., that if Cunimings walked in accordance with Australasian rules, ho never did 6min 32see fairly—l have no hesitation in saying that I believe the feat is impossible. E. Niklander setup a fresh world's record with the discus at Tammerfors, Finland, on July 27. Throwing in tho Greek style, he won with 41,67 m (136 ft 4fiin). At the:same meeting, which extended over four days, A. Laino beat tho Finnish record in tho high jump, clearing 1.826 m (sft llsin), while A. Stenroos set up a new record for the hour, covering . 18.065 m (11 'miles 396. yards), beating Tatu lvolehmainen, who held the. old record, by 12 metres. H. Lahtinen also beat the record by running 400 metres in 51 7-lOsec* Tatu Kolenmainon won the Marathon in 2hr 41min 1 3-osoc, beating hisnearest opponent, V. Gruner (Stockholm) by BJmin. Yet another Finnish record was accomplished in tho hop, stop-dnd jump, V. Tuulos clearing 1'4.41m (47ft 3 3-10 in). . The Otago Centre proposes getting to work in view of the American team's tour with a series of evening meetings, in which it is hoped to unearth someone worthy of pitting .against the-cracks from tho States. The University Athletic Club has in its ranks one or two promising sprinters and . at least two field event men who might help Otago out of the difficulty and assist the Centre in making the American team's visit a success. When Postle and Donaldson visited Auckland in March, 1912, they were so takeni with the enthusiasm shown by the people there that they promised_ to revisit tho city during the Exhibition season. They also confided with the Union officials that if their athletic powers kept up till then another struggle would bp made for tho world's championship in the Auckland Domain. This is now to happen. Arrangements for both sprinters will bo made by Mr Woodley, the Exhibition: sports secretary, and the first match will probably be run during-the Christmas week. Hav-ing-an eye for this, important event, Mr Woodley has so. arranged the 1 ighting that' the distances, can be run- off in the evening. When it is remembered that 20,000, specators witnessed the former match between these two record-break-ers in tlie Domain, it is confidently expected that,, with the influx of visitors to Auckland about Christmas time, tho Domain will be well filled. 'Mr^ Woodley is at present in touch with Walker, so that a triangular contest may yet take place.; , At tho Korsale sports in Ir&lancl 1 early in August, T. J.. Carroll is cre'dited with clearing 6ft Gin- in the high jump. This is bettor than the British record, which stands-.a-t 6ft 45in, while tho world's record is 6ffc 6£in. .... W- Carroll (Sjlvertown), who'j-rerform-ed the task'of rowing running, walking and cycling a- mile in somi"n 54sec _ on September 7, 1907, is prepared to swim, row, run, walk., and cycle a mile (five miles in fall) against any man in the world, or,- failing, to opponent, will make a match against time. AQUATIC.. f The motor-boat races for the British international trophy were held at Cowes early this month, and. resulted ,in the Englislv boat Maple-Leaf retaining trophy, after being def eatecHn.the first race by the French competitor : Despujols. The races for this trophy, were postponed from August 12 at the request oi : tho .Motor-boat Club of America. .The competitors for the muchcoveted trophy were England, America and France. , England won the .trophy back from America .last year, through the agency of Maple Lea£,. s a speecly boat of 700-h.p. Despujols, which is fitted with a Brasier engine of 700-h.p., was one of the star performers at the last Monaco motor-boat carnival.' She was generally credited with possessing a good chance of winning .'the trophy for the first .time for France.", As-6he averaged 46 7-10 knots over' the thirtytwo. miles: course, Despujols put'up ii record performance. Tho Reliance, of 600-h.p., would probably be America's best representative. .In the first-eliminating-.trial to select representatives, she won easily, averaging 35| knots round a thirty-mile course. The fact that Despujols averaged' 46 .7-10 knots indicates that it will not be long ere motor-boats are 'doing their ■■anile. a minute. There is every prospect of another race this year for the .world's professional sculling championship, over tJio Thames-from Putney to Mortlake. An American sportsman recently called at the " Sporting Life " office with authority to issue a challenge to Ernest Barry on behalf of Frank Greer, the Boston sculler,, who claims tho American championship. ' Greer is anxious to meet the champion this year, and desired to know what Barry would allow for expenses. The matter was placed before Ernest Barry, .who said lie would bo prepared to give Greer a race on the lhames for the championship and £SOO a side, towards the end of November, and allow £SO fer expenses. Very little is known about Greer in England. Ho met W. Haines some feme ago, and although the latter led in the ' first mile, Greer won the race. He endeavoured to get a race with Eddie Durban, the Canadian, but negotiations were unsuccessful. HOCKEY. Two full spells and -some seven minutes extra had'fleeted by before, there came, the fatal snot that wrested the hockey shield from Wellington on September 20. It was a great game, a game that at any time could hare been anybody's. A mixture of bad luck and bad management was always with Wellington, and on at least two occasions a local forward got clear away into the circle with the ball, and had but to shoot to score. But,as he lifted liis stick to hit, liutnp in t-lio ground tripped him, and over lie rolled." The visitors played' a fine game, notably N. Jacobsen, to whom, although he did not score it, must be given considerable credit for Auckland's goal. Both ooalkeepers played brilliantly. Hallam (Auckland) stopped everything that came his wa.y, frequently "safino- the game for his side. Wellington were no weaker and no stronger, than their opponents, but the most of what little luck there was was with Auckland. BILLIARDS. A successful billiard player is one who manages to let his opponents pay for nine out of every ten games he plays (savs " Old Hand " in Ti Wellington paper), and he con only do this by following the rules and advice here given. It is necessary in the first place to be a good hand at romances. Two friends who have not met for some time invariably begin the game-as follows: .A remark as ho dusts Jaf.t''nigli>'s billiard chalk off his coat: "I'm out- of form, old chap, haven't played a game for months," and B, who lias played 'every night for weeks, and 'has improved 30 or 40 in 100, replies: "I don't play much, old fellow, and I'm worse than i was a year ago." Then each tries his absolute best to win and to prove how different ho is to what he said he was. The writer

onoo heard an old clubman remark: " In playing billiards you say things detrimental to yourself and then try your best to prove yourself a liar. In commencing to play an opponent whom you can easily beat on level terms, it is advisable to a«k for a good start. Thiß flatters him.,_ and you generally got off by not having to concede him points.! When you have won the game, tell him that he has had ex-' ceedingly hard lines, and that you have had ali the flukes. This soothes linn and keeps him from asking for a start in the next game., It is as well when you have let him in for a few games to propose playing half-board. _ lhen you can let him '.win once or twice, and he will soon resume playing as before, the loser to pay for the table; Another useful hint is: Always keep your eyes on the marker. It is common and low, when marking the game yourself, to make mistakes at your own advantage, and no successful player does it. But if you have a marker, and he makes a mistake (which sometimes markers do) keep'your eye on him. , If tho mistake is to your advantage your natural dignity : tells you it is beneath you-to notice such things, but if it is in favour of your opponent call his attention to it, and speak strongly about it. It will pay you, for next time the marker is doubtful about the score he will put it in your favour to avoid unpleasantness. I know, a player who wins scores of -games by keeping the markers. under hand. ~ Should; you have to play without a marker, you should (now and then) ask your opponent to put on your score as well as Ins own, for occasionally, after you have pia.de a few and put them on, he may put them on again for you, and a few little extras like this< decide lots of games. . . : . , If, in spite of all your efforts, your opponent only wants two. for game and lookjs like; scoring them from: ; a good position, you might wait until he is just takiiig-his stroke,, and then suddenly say: " Have a refresher?" This will upset' him and' cause him to; misshis. stroke; if he gets 'vexed, the re--.fresher will make it; all. right. / ' When playing what is comically termed a.gentlemanly game, and you only require - two for ' game, »it! .sometimes happens,that youropponent's ball is left in a pocket-mouth; In su6h a "a-se, it is 'the correct thing to pretend to measure angles for an impossible cannon, but make sure-that the white goes in, and- then sweetly apologise for " shopping" him. . This is called " the apology stroke." . Another well-known' Stroke is the "Providence stroke." This " occurs when a' position' is left that beats you ; you then shut your eyes, hit hard, and let the balls run.• If either ■ appears to be going: into a pocket, you should not smile and admit that it was a fluke; but you should hurry to the po6ket before the ball drops. Some- of the. spectators might think that you played for it, and when the applause has subsided and' the spectatoraie hare recovered from their astonishment, you can resume tho game with stjill more confidence. ' . i , coWf.V : -The', Irish, open golf ■ championship played during the first week of September, was won by A. 0. Palmer, who,is sixty, years of age, and ■ did. not begin to,play;.until He was 1 forty. . / 1 he; writer of a special article'in the London " Timessays ' that it costs £IOO a year to. play golf in Britain. CYCLFNC. Paul Guignard, one of the gamcst and fastest: cyclists who'over sat behind a pacing machine/ lias met an ; untimely end whilst racing at Cologne! ■ An cident- occurred, during'.a motor-paced race, one of - the pacprs , falling, aiid Guignard and Scheuermann ' fell-;over him, both vsustaining injuries to which they subsequently succumbed.. For, the last seven, or eight years Guignard has been . right , at the top of the tree at motor-paced racing. In 1906 there was a great struggle between Guignard (France)- and A. E. Wills'(England)-as to who would win the coveted honour of .being the first cyclist to cram'sixty miles into as many minutes. The .French crack got : iis to oSmiles 96yds, but before he could accomplish sixty in the hour, Wills went, across to Munich (Germany)' in 1908,. and astonished the world by riding Glmiles 973 yds in GOnvin, Guignard tried on several occasions, to hotter tho Englishman's record, but it was not until nearly a year" Had elapsed that he succeeded, raising the record to 63miles'255yds. That was in September 1909, and those figures stand to-day, and look like remaining on the record sheet for many years to -come. : On the occasion of his great feat, Guignard rode a machine geared to; 160 inches. ■The.sad fate of the crack French rider .calls to mind; that T. < Robl, nnoi lie 1" world beater behind, pace,-: also "met a tragic end—lie being killed whilstaeroplnning .in vGermany.^ An effort is being made' to • again hold a six. days' cycle rate' in Sydney tliis year, but although financial backing is available.—on condition-that all profits accruing will , to ~a 'Sydney hospital—there is a difficulty in getting the leading cracks'to conio across from; America in time.. ■ Most'of tho best six-days men in the world: are, already booked up for the annual New York event/ which- is- to be decided -in December, so that it is iriipowible to land them in Sydney- in, time for-a race at the end of December. It has.'been suggested that the race should be;held at the end of January, when it may be possible'to induce a. strong team- of riders to make the-trip, including'the Australian cracks, Goullet, Grenda, Clarke, Spears, and M'-Namara. ; There were starters "for the N.0.U., fifty miles championship, decided at Heme Hill on August 9. An exciting race ended in A. /vklen winning by inches -from S. F." Bailey; who was a similar distance hi front of G. A. King. ■ '.Hie ■ time registered was 2hr 6min 53 2-ssec, which is a record for the race, under unpaced conditions." . MOTOR JNG. .''■'. Some very fast, times were recorded at the Automobile Club of Victoria's hill-climbing contest, held at Wheeler's Hill (near Fern Tree Gully) on September 13. The fastest, performance .registered up the. seven-eighths of a miie hi]]—with a grade of one in eight iii parts—was established by Allan Doone's 80 h.p. racing National, which ilew up the hill at a speed of "fifty'' an hour, his time from a otanding start being lmin 4 2-osec. H._ Whiting's 40 h.p. Opel recorded lvnin.Ssec,. whilst a 40 h.p-. Viiiot clid liiiin 14 2-oseo: The. actual, contest itself, decided on formula 1 ., will probably result in a win for H. V. M'Kay on a Prince Henry Vauxhall. ' The event attracted some 400 cars and over 2000 (spectators. All told, seventy cms took part in the contest, which lasted from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The affairs of the Wellington Motor Cycling Club are, according to the club's annual report, in a satisfactory position. The. numbor of active members is eighty-two, arid the i,nJau-oe- | sheet shows a credit of £l3 12s .1 lid. The following gentlemen have signified their intention of donating trophies for the coming season:—Messrs Logic (cup for sidc-car competition"), Foord (trophy to member bringing the greatest number of new members). H. W. and J. H. liaAvr'ence (trophy to member attending most .club gatherings), I. V. Wilson (trophy jor twodav trials—light-weight class), and Bridge (trophy for competition yet be-

be decided upon). In addition • these, the usual cups will, also bo of* feral--for competition. " The regulations for the 'tourist. trophy races which tho Royal mqliilo Club will hold next' J,une ,at the Isle of Man, have now been issued;' The'race will last two days, about 300; iimles being run each day. ; The raoe is for cars-fitted with internal cfsra-: bustion engines having not .fewer .than.' four cylinders. •• The. cubic capacity (volume mvopt) must not exce ed>33lo cubic oentimetres., A tank with a capacity of fifty gallons to carry sufficient fuel for the two da-ya willbe carried. ' Any kind of filer may. bp used. There is a fuel prjze,, bat iiO. fuel: is eligible for -the prize! which contains moro tlian 10 per cent of i petrol- The'start takes place on' the, first day in-order of.receipt of which are now being receivedj but only three entries of cars of the sope d®? sign '.will' be accepted' from the', manufacturer. ,The.first. prize' wiJl, M. the tourist trophy, and £1000," 8«ooud' prize £250, team priise .£300,, a fuel of £IOO. foivthe formanoe on a: fuel other than- exclusively petrol. The whole of the.' cntbh prizes are presented by- the proprietor*, of ;" The Daily Telegraph:" , , SWIMMINQ. It is notf~practically V aeaur«ii '• tliat DukePaoa' liahanaraoku will,visit Aqs». tralia for the coming swimming-season,-and compete in the --Australian -chain-, pionehips at Sydney and Brisbane/and most likely swim, at - the oth'erV "large' centres- in the CommonweaJth.', An announcement to that effect Vas. made at the council meting of" the Wales/Amateur Swimming Association on September ,18/ by Mr WiV'Wi v Hill, ' hon • secretary of the Australian." Swimming Union. The itinerary will , most likely; include Sydney, Brisbane;' Mel- ' bourne, Tasmania, aiidj.Niew as the Australian' Union, is .dfegirous of. increasing tho interest iii.*.3wimmirig throughout Australasia,. and '.the visit of, the .world's sprint,champion'.should: give it the needed impetus. "The tour ■will be managed by Mr William.,T. Haw;-' lins, president, of the Hui, Nalu,-Club of Honolulu, who has written to Mr Hill as follows: "Duke P. Kahanainoku, having recently returned from/Califor.-r nia, this club lias taken up' "with hfm the matter- of his visiting Australia to compete -in the; swimming chajnpioD-. ships,i and< D.uke has expressed, the. wish to make the trip.' He Jias ; -been; absenton'the mainland since June-18, wa have delayed writing to y.on, with.reference to the matter until 'wp haid an port unity to talk-to him in - regard 'to the trip. ■ The club has attended;to-all matters pertaining .to the trips to b« made by the Duke, audit is our, desire that fDuke visit Austnilia. : ! We. will se-' cure tho sanction !of the Amateur Ath- . letic Union /of ;tli©- -United v. v , immediately oil receipt of. a cable from ,yOu.that tlio trip is on. , Duke had a most successful trip in San Francisco,' during; which he broke many records, ; among them the 50yds record ■ held by • your -Wickham.' He ■is ' going!to; San' ~ Francisco again-on Ootober 8i to'compete i.n the swimming championship* during "Portola Wfiefc,' and if. the, trip. to Australia is mode ,;we- will- 1 stUrtvfor; Sydney' the first 'week in - November.'''